epic
07-28-2007, 03:40 PM
My 02 Firehawk has been experiencing a very peculiar starting malfunction. I'll take you through the motions. First cold start of the day, it starts up perfectly. No problems. Then after it's been driven comes the problem..
It's like a grinding noise, almost as if you're overcranking the key when starting the car. This led me to putting in a new starter. Nada, still does it. Maybe my redtop is overvolting with cranking amps once it's warm - replaced it. Still doing it.
http://video.fquick.com/thumbs/2739.jpg (http://www.fquick.com/videos/Car_Start_WTF/2739)View Video on FQuick (http://www.fquick.com/videos/Car_Start_WTF/2739)
As for the video, the first crank was with nothing on. It does it for a second then stops. I turned it off, put on the AC, then cranked it again. Now it makes the same noise, for a MUCH longer time, to the point where I had to turn off the AC to stop it.
Now what.
It's like a grinding noise, almost as if you're overcranking the key when starting the car. This led me to putting in a new starter. Nada, still does it. Maybe my redtop is overvolting with cranking amps once it's warm - replaced it. Still doing it.
http://video.fquick.com/thumbs/2739.jpg (http://www.fquick.com/videos/Car_Start_WTF/2739)View Video on FQuick (http://www.fquick.com/videos/Car_Start_WTF/2739)
As for the video, the first crank was with nothing on. It does it for a second then stops. I turned it off, put on the AC, then cranked it again. Now it makes the same noise, for a MUCH longer time, to the point where I had to turn off the AC to stop it.
Now what.